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A quick Google search using the term “leadership development failure” pulled up 2,280,000 results. I wish I could say I’d read most of the results, but I only had time to glance at a few articles. I consistently found reasons…

Avoiding a Collision with Growth (part 4) – Talent Leadership I want to thank my faithful readers for making it through this 4 part series. We began part 1 by drawing an analogy between my Dad’s car collision (he’s fine),…

Avoiding a Collision with Growth (part 3) – Cultural Leadership In this 3rd installment in my series called “Avoiding a Collision with Growth”, we are going to discuss what is arguably the most important leadership quality in any organization –…

Avoiding a Collision with Growth (part 2) – Visionary Leadership In part 1 of this series, I drew a comparison between a car colliding with another vehicle, and companies colliding with growth. (Read part 1 here). During that initial post…

I enjoyed reading a recent article in Sports Illustrated entitled “Let it Lei”, detailing the Hawaiian pre-season retreat that Russell Wilson arranged for the Seahawks. Read the article here. I’m from the Seattle area, so the Super Bowl loss to…

Amazon has never tried to hide who they are! The New York Times published an article recently that has ignited a firestorm. In the article, former Amazon employees describe an environment where: Standards were unreasonably high Colleagues were pitted against…

CEO of Evernote Steps Down – He Put Passion Ahead of Position I read in a recent Business Insider article that the CEO of Evernote, Phil Libin has decided to step down. The reason – – he isn’t passionate about…

The CEO of Twitter is Out – Do you know how to avoid the same mistakes? Dick Costolo recently stepped down as the CEO of Twitter. The investors didn’t like what they were seeing – a stock price sliding 20%…

I recently had the opportunity to see Simon Sinek live and in person at an event sponsored by Town Hall Seattle. For those of you who don’t know him, Simon Sinek is the author of “Start with Why”. This little…